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So Vintage - Shabby Chic

Hi There! Here today for the Friends of Waltzingmouse Stamps August Blog Waltz. This month Claire challenged us all to create a project based on a Vintage-Shabby Chic theme (as you probably have guessed this happens to be my fave :) For complete Waltz details please visit the The Play Room. Here is myVintage-Shabby Chic card full of FRUIT...

Glittered Kindness

Hi Friends! Happy Labor Day if you are celebrating here in the US :) Hope you don't have to work! I feel fortunate to have had most of the weekend off besides an 8 hr shift on Saturday. Just a quick lil' card here to share. This week, Sharon is challenging us all to pull out our JustRite Stamps & make some Glitter Magic for this week's JustRite Friday Challenge...

with Love...WMSC11

Hi There! Thanks so much to all who played along with last week's Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge! So many fabulous projects! Here today with an all new sketch. Rather than making a card, I made a lil' home decoration wall hanging for my dear sister, Tina who takes care of my fur babies while I am out of town using the new Spellbinders™ Grand Nestabilities®...

Happy Birthday Mother...WMSC13

Hi Friends! Time for another Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge! Thanks to all who played along last week, there were once again so many gorgeous projects!I made this card for my Mother-In-Law, Barbara, who will be celebrating her 79th Birthday on September 10th. I pulled out both the LF-127 Grand Scalloped Squares & the LF-126 Grand Squares die templates to create the 1st mat of the card then using the S4-127 Classic Scalloped Squares LG....

WMSC15

Hi Friends! Thanks so much for the sweet comment on my Halloween banner that I made for the Friends of Waltzingmouse Stamps September Blog Waltz. Here today to share this card I made for this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge. This card is rather Clean And Simple for me. I inked up Musical Backgrounds to create the background for the top layer & paired it with some pretty My Mind's Eye DP.....

It's Raining Daisies!

Hi Girls! I want to thank Kazan, Laura & all the girls on the DT for naming my Sympathy card to the Fab 5 on 2Sketches4You last week! I am soooo honored & thrilled to have had one of my creations make it :) Yeah! If you want inspiration or a sketch to get your Mojo jump started, I encourage you to visit 2Sketches4You :)

As I previously mentioned on my blog, my sister takes great care of my Westie babies when I travel. This is Gretchen (right) & Griffin (below) :)

To express my appreciation & gratitude, I made Tina this Thank You card & gift basket using the PTI P ack a Picnic Timeless Template to hold her gift from Maui. My sketch layout inspiration came from CPS124 & the color was inspired by this week's Splitcoast's Inspiration Challenge 188, IC188 where we had to select an item on the website Chasing Fireflies. I found the Daisy Rainboots to be very cute, happy & perfectly fitting for my project. I hope you like the set :) If you have a favorite PTI Timeless Template or any sort of gift basket / bag template, I'd love to hear about it! Be Sweet!

Ingredients Used:

Paper: SU Wild Wasabi, Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Whisper White

Ink: SU Basic Black, Certainly Celery, VersaMark

Stamps: PTI Beautiful Blooms, Everyday Classics

Sprinkles: Spellbinders Scalloped circle & rectangular nesties, EK Success Daisy punches, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots EF, We R Memory Keepers eyelet & brads, generic white embossing powder, SU ribbon & cord, Offray ribbon

Expanding My Collection

Hi Cyber Girlfriends! Thank you all so much for commenting on my Maui photos. I am happy that you enjoyed them as much as I did :) All has settled down for me, my car has been repaired, (the clutch had to be replaced but the part had to come from Germany. Crikey! Thankful it is under warranty!!!). I finally had some free time to sit down & stamp :) My DH knew I had been eyeballin' PTI products for awhile now, so he took it upon himself & ordered some goodies for me! I loooove new toys :) My introduction to stamping began with SU. I am very comfortable working with red rubber stamps & have been leery of clear stamps. After making my first card using PTI clear stamps, I am hooked! I am curious, what material do you girls prefer to stamp with, red rubber, clear or both? You know how I love comments, so please let me know! Our dear friend, Bill, lost his 82 yr. old mother this week. I made this Sympathy card for him & his wife, Cathy, expressing our love. My color scheme was inspired by this week's Splitcoast Color Inspiration Challenge, CC226 (I had to use SU Tempting Turquoise, Apricot Appeal, Creamy Caramel & Bashful Blue) & the sketch layout was inspired by Kazan's Sketch 30 at 2 Sketches 4 You. Be Sweet!